Paper receptacle



O. H. HICKS.

PAPER REGBPTAGLB.

No. 374,475. Patented Dee. 6,-1887.

' (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEO OLIVER H. HICKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,@75, dated December 6, 1887.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Beit known that I, OLIVER H. HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Paper' Receptacles, and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 4

My invention relates particularly to im proved mechanism for securing in closed condition a paper-receptacle having a fiat or eX- panded base and closed to shield its contents, without the employment of an especial cover for the purpose, by compressing` together two opposite sides toward the opening or mouth of the receptacle.

It is my object to provide a simple and effective novel form of clamp for permitting the receptacle to be readily secured when closed by bringing together opposite sides toward the opening, and which shall be constructed f to avoid obstruction to nesting receptacles pro` vided with it. A

My invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of the paper receptacle when open, provided with my improved clamping mechanism in position to be readily manipulated for securing it when closed, Fig. 2, a similar view showing the receptacle closed and secured by means of my improved clamping device; Fig. 3, a plan view of a broken corner of the open receptacle, illustrating the position of the clamp before the receptacle is closed; Fig. 4, a broken sectional plan view showing the clamp as it appears in securing the parts brought together to close the receptacle; Fig. 5, a perspective View of a broken portion of the open receptacle provided with a modified form of my improved clamping mechanism; and Fig. 6, asimilar view`of the receptacle secured in closed condition by the means illustrated in Fig. 5, slightly modified.

A is a coverless receptacle of the kind formed by folding a sheet of paper to afford the fiat base r and rectangular shape represented, and having the corners q and q produced by the folding lapped one over the other on opposite sides ofthe receptacle,where they are secured in any desired manner, though on one side the securing is effected, or at least assisted, by inserting the ends of the bail B through them and through the side of the receptacle upon which they are folded, whereby such ends extend through several thicknesses of the paper, which enables the strain of the weight of the contents of the receptacle, tending to tear the paper from the points of inserting the ends of the bail, to be withstood. On the side with the bail, near the corners, and just below the opening, as shown, or on the opposite side, or on diagonallyopposite corners, if preferred, are metal strips p', fiat, as shown, or mere wires, secured in position by beinginserted through the side and bent, each at its inner end against the inner surface, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, and bent along the part which extends horizontally without the receptacle around the adjacent corner to lie against the outer surfaces of the adjacent sides,whereby it is removed out of the way of interfering with the nesting of receptacles for shipment or storage.

The receptacle is closed by compressing with the fingers of both hands opposites sides near the month, and at the same time, by preference, merely forcing inward the adjacent sides near their upper edges to produce the form shown in Fig. 2, which causes the ends of the clamps p against the surfaces of the `said adjacent sides of the receptacle to protrude beyond the side of the latter opposite that to which the bail is fastened,when they are bent toward each other to extend along such side, and thus secure the parts together. Instead, however, of forcing inward the adjacent sides, as aforesaid, the ends on closing the receptacle may be allowed to extend outward and be bent or folded upon the outside of the adjacent sides and the clamps bent around them; or the clamps may be suiiiciently long to be extended around the outwardly-projecting ends, when the latter would not require to be thus folded. Of course if the clam ps are provided on the opposite side to that shown, they will extend in the opposite direction and be bent to secure the receptacle in closed condition against the side thereof provided with the bail, and if at diagonallyppposite corners theyl will be bent in opposite directions against the op-l posite sides. rlhe differences thus indicated 1n the positions of the clamps are too obvious to require illustration in the drawings.

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The modification represented in Figs. 5 and opposite to that upon which the clamps are lo cated, or on all the corners, it' desired, With notches on a plane with the clamps to afford shoulders or recesses o, into which the clamps are bent on closing the receptacle, thereby permitting a sharper bend, and thus producing the former clamping effect. fbent against the side opposite that provided with the linndle, the recesses prevent the effect of the tendeney of the weight of the contents to pull the side unsupported from the handle through the clamps.

It is Within the spirit of my invention to bend the clamps backward u pon themselves or in the direction to get them out ofthe way for nesting purposes, instead of having thent extend around adjacent sides as their normal condition before the receptacle is used.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ol a eoverless paper receptacle having a flat or expanded base, and constructed to be closed by compressing toward each other the edges at opposite sides of the opening until they meet, and means for securing the receptacle in closed condition7 com. prising metal strips p, secured near opposite corners to extend horizontally,or substantially so, and bent, whereby they are removed from obstructing in nesting, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a coverless paper 1e ceptacle having` a flirt or expanded base, and constructed to be closed by compressing together opposite sides toward the edges of the opening, and provided with corner notches or shoulders, o, and metal strips p upon the receptacle and bent, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

OLIVER H. HICKS.

ln presence of- Gnonen C. Coon, J. \V. DYRENFORTH. 

